CHRISTIAN DIOR hot pink leather 2013 OPEN BAR SMALL TOTE Bag
By Christian Dior
Located in Zürich, CH
100% authentic Christina Dior Small Open Bar Bag in grained pink and orange calfskin. Comes with two rounded handles and a dangling Dior charm fits within a clochette. The bag has a ...
Christian Dior Green Open Bar Tote Bag
By Christian Dior
Located in Athens, GA
Christian Dior Green Open Bar Tote Bag with gold hardware.
Christian Dior Bag Open Bar Vivid Blue Bi-Color Tote
By Christian Dior
Located in Miami, FL
Guaranteed authentic Christian Dior Blue Open Bar tote bag. Rich vivid blue with contrasting light blue interior.
Christian Dior Pink Calfskin 'Open Bar' Large Convertible Tote Bag
By Christian Dior
Located in Sheung Wan, HK
- This beautiful Christian Dior pink supple grained calfskin with polished silvertone hardware. Open top with optional clasp tab detail. Featuring Clip removable and buckle adjustabl...
Dior Black/Cream Leather Open Bar Tote
By Christian Dior
Located in Dubai, Al Qouz 2
The sculptural silhouette of this Dior Open Bar tote makes it desirable and elegant.
Dior Black/Cream Leather Open Bar Tote
By Christian Dior
Located in Dubai, Al Qouz 2
The sculptural silhouette of this Dior Open Bar tote makes it desirable and elegant.
Dior Black Leather Open Bar Tote
By Christian Dior
Located in Dubai, Al Qouz 2
This Open Bar tote from Dior is designed to assist you with style and practical ease!
Dior Black Leather Open Bar Tote
By Christian Dior
Located in Dubai, Al Qouz 2
This alluring tote bag for women has been designed to assist you on any day. Convenient to carry and fashionably designed the tote is cut with skill and sewn into a great shape. It ...
Dior Pink Leather Open Bar Tote
By Christian Dior
Located in Dubai, Al Qouz 2
Crafted from quality materials, your wardrobe is missing out on this beautifully made designer bag. Look your fashionable best in any outfit with this stylish bag that promises to el...
Dior Grey/Pink Leather Open Bar Tote
By Christian Dior
Located in Dubai, Al Qouz 2
This Open Bar tote from Dior is designed to assist you with style and practical ease!
Dior Grey/Pink Leather Open Bar Tote
By Christian Dior
Located in Dubai, Al Qouz 2
This Open Bar tote from Dior is designed to assist you with style and practical ease!
Dior Black Leather Large Open Bar Tote
By Christian Dior
Located in Dubai, Al Qouz 2
This elegant tote is from the house of Dior. Crafted from leather and sized well, the bag features dual top handles and the DIOR charms at the front. Swing it along for shopping or t...
Dior Grey/Pink Leather Open Bar Tote
By Christian Dior
Located in Dubai, Al Qouz 2
Expertly designed from leather, this tote exhibits an elegant design. Designed to be spacious enough to carry your everyday essentials, this bag is lined with leather. Designed to la...
Dior Burgundy Leather Large Open Bar Tote
By Christian Dior
Located in Dubai, Al Qouz 2
This alluring tote bag for women has been designed to assist you on any day. Convenient to carry and fashionably designed the tote is cut with skill and sewn into a great shape. It i...
Dior Black Grained Leather Large Open Bar Tote
By Christian Dior
Located in Dubai, Al Qouz 2
This tote from Dior is designed to assist you with style and functionality! It comes crafted from black grained leather and features dual top handles. It carries the 'DIOR' letter ch...
Dior Blue Grained Leather Large Open Bar Tote
By Christian Dior
Located in Dubai, Al Qouz 2
This stunning Open Bar bag is high on appeal and style. Dazzling in a classy blue, the bag is crafted from grained leather and features two rolled handles and a shoulder strap. The t...
Dior Blue Grained Leather Large Open Bar Tote
By Christian Dior
Located in Dubai, Al Qouz 2
This stunning Open Bar bag is high on appeal and style. Dazzling in a classy blue, the bag is crafted from grained leather and features two rolled handles and a shoulder strap. The t...
Dior Blue Grained Leather Large Open Bar Tote
By Christian Dior
Located in Dubai, Al Qouz 2
This stunning Open Bar bag is high on appeal and style. Dazzling in a classy blue, the bag is crafted from grained leather and features two rolled handles and a shoulder strap. The t...
Dior Light Cream Leather Large Open Bar Tote
By Christian Dior
Located in Dubai, Al Qouz 2
This alluring tote bag for women has been designed to assist you on any day. Convenient to carry and fashionably designed, the tote is cut with skill and sewn into a great shape. It ...
Dior Light Cream Leather Large Open Bar Tote
By Christian Dior
Located in Dubai, Al Qouz 2
This alluring tote bag for women has been designed to assist you on any day. Convenient to carry and fashionably designed, the tote is cut with skill and sewn into a great shape. It ...
Christian Dior Open Bar Saddle Grained Leather SHW Tote Bag
By Christian Dior
Located in Boca Raton, FL
Company: Christian Dior Handles: Saddle Colored Grained Calfskin Rolled Handles, Drop: 4.5" Long Adjustable Removable Shoulder Strap: Drop: 14" Measurements: 12.5" x 7.5" x 10.6" ...
Christian Dior Open Bar Bag Leather Large
By Christian Dior
Located in NY, NY
This authentic Christian Dior Open Bar Bag Leather Large takes inspiration from the brand's iconic Dior Bar jacket.
Christian Dior Open Bar Bag Leather Large
By Christian Dior
Located in NY, NY
This authentic Christian Dior Open Bar Bag Leather Large takes inspiration from the brand's iconic Bar jacket.
Christian Dior Open Bar Bag Leather Large
By Christian Dior
Located in NY, NY
This authentic Christian Dior Open Bar Bag Leather Large takes inspiration from the brand's iconic Bar jacket.
Christian Dior Open Bar Bag Leather Large
By Christian Dior
Located in NY, NY
This authentic Christian Dior Open Bar Bag Leather Large takes inspiration from the brand's iconic Dior Bar jacket.
Christian Dior Open Bar Bag Leather Large
By Christian Dior
Located in NY, NY
This authentic Christian Dior Open Bar Bag Leather Large takes inspiration from the brand's iconic Bar jacket.
Christian Dior Open Bar Bag Leather Large
By Christian Dior
Located in NY, NY
This authentic Christian Dior Open Bar Bag Leather Large takes inspiration from the brand's iconic Bar jacket.
Christian Dior Open Bar Bag Leather Large
By Christian Dior
Located in NY, NY
This authentic Christian Dior Open Bar Bag Leather Large takes inspiration from the brand's iconic Dior Bar jacket.
Christian Dior Open Bar Bag Leather Small
By Christian Dior
Located in NY, NY
This Christian Dior Open Bar Bag Leather Small, crafted in pink leather, features dual rolled handles, protective base studs, and silver-tone hardware. Its wide top with belted side ...
Christian Dior Open Bar Bag Leather Large
By Christian Dior
Located in NY, NY
Condition: Very good. Creasing, scuffs and small marks on exterior, wear on handles, base corners and trims, cracking on opening and handle wax edges. Indentations on strap wax edges...
Christian Dior Open Bar Bag Leather Large
By Christian Dior
Located in NY, NY
Condition: Very good. Creasing, minor scuffs and marks on exterior and in interior, wear on base corners, trims and handles, cracking on handle and opening wax edges. Cracking, peeli...
Alexander McQueen New Silk Top with Tulle and Lace Sleeves S/S 1999
By Alexander McQueen
Located in Water Mill, NY
An incredible grey fine silk knit top from Alexander McQueen. It is semi fitted with a crew neckline and elaborate grey net, tulle and lace layered sleeves. Unworn condition. Fits s...
$28,000Sale Price|20% Off
H 8.67 in D 6.3 in L 11.82 in
Hermès 2011 Birkin 30cm Pink Box Calf Leather Women's Handbag New
By Hermès
Located in Ottawa, CA
Hermes Bag Birkin 30cm Box Calf Pink New - 2410152001 Brand: Hermès Type : Hermes Birkin Bag Inside Detail: N/A Base Size: 30cm Height: 22cm Depth: 16cm Weight: Material: Box Calf L...
Avant Garde Brutalist Mixed Metal Artisan Handbag ca 1970s
Located in University City, MO
Avant garde brutalist mixed metal artisan handbag ca 1970s The unique handmade shoulder bag is adorned with sinuous three dimensional mixed metal work designs on the black leather f...
80s Patrick Kelly Vintage Lipstick Red Black Color Block Avant Garde Skirt Suit
By Patrick Kelly
Located in San Diego, CA
Amazing vintage 1980s PATRICK KELLY lipstick red and black color block double breasted skirt suit! This rare gem was owned by, "The Young and the Restless" soap star MELODY THOMAS SC...
1990s CD Green Ivory Grey Silver Silk Jersey Chiffon Beaded Paillettes 90s Gown
By CD GREENE
Located in San Diego, CA
Beautiful vintage late 90s CD GREENE ivory, grey/silver silk jersey and chiffon evening dress ! Features a blouson loose fitting chiffon overlay with hook-and-eye closure at center b...
Alexander McQueen New Cashmere "DANTE" A/W 1996 Dress
By Alexander McQueen
Located in Water Mill, NY
A fabulous black cashmere blend mini dress with a dramatic stand up collar from Alexander McQueen. It is double breasted with a stand up lapel collar which frames the face beautifull...
Gold jersey draped bustier ALEXANDRE VAUTHIER
By Alexandre Vauthier
Located in Saint-Ouen-Sur-Seine, FR
Gold jersey draped bustier with black cotton satin boned bustier inside with hook&eye closure. Invisible zip and hook&eye closure on the middle back. SAMPLE. SIZE XS /34 (Fr)
Pierre Balmain White Bodycon Dress
By Pierre Balmain, Balmain
Located in Water Mill, NY
A fabulous white body conscious bandage dress from Pierre Balmain. It has long sleeves, a square cut neckline, and fabulous ribbed panels accentuating the waist and bust. It is unl...
Turquoise blue silk wrapped top ALEXANDRE VAUTHIER
By Alexandre Vauthier
Located in Saint-Ouen-Sur-Seine, FR
Turquoise blue silk wrapped top. Elastic band on the sleeve bottom edge . size 36/ S
1996 Iconic OMO Norma Kamali Crop Top as Worn in the Movie Clueless
By Norma Kamali, OMO Norma Kamali
Located in Sparks, NV
Iconic star print crop top with a sporty star applique by Norma Kamali. This crop top is from the Norma Kamali's OMO collection which was worn in the infamous gym scene of the 1996 c...
$92,793
H 7.49 in W 9.85 in D 5.12 in
Hermès Birkin 25 Crocodile Porosus Lisse Rose Mexiko Palladium Hardware
By Hermès
Located in Berlin, DE
Hermès Birkin 25 in rose mexiko and shiny crocodile porosus leather with palladium hardware. The bag is unworn and comes as full set including the original receipt and Cites. Stamp Z...
Pierre Balmain Bodycon Dress with Sheer Shoulders and Waist
By Pierre Balmain
Located in Water Mill, NY
A gorgeous black bandage dress from Pierre Balmain. It has a stand up collar, long sleeves and is fitted through to the hips. There are fabulous horizontal sheer panels around the sh...
Hermes Birkin 25 Bag Rose Mexico Crocodile Palladium Hardware
By Hermès
Located in Miami, FL
Mightychic offers an Hermès Birkin 25 in Rose Mexico crocodile is a striking fusion of rarity and elegance. Rendered in one of Hermès’ most coveted jewel-toned pinks, this bag offers...
Rare 1991 Gianni Versace Embroidered Shell Buster
By Gianni Versace
Located in New York, NY
Rare 1991 Gianni Versace Embroidered Shell Buster. Shell cups densely embroidered with red bugle beads; cobalt and clear rhinestone striations ; Ribbed Silk Panel. Zipper closure at ...
Vintage 2010 Versace Aquamarine Embellished One Shoulder Long Dress Gown
By Versace
Located in Montgomery, TX
S/S 2010 VERSACE The sensational color, one-shoulder design, artfully embellished body and fluid skirt - which allows effortless movement - ensure a stunning silhouette Color: ...
Hermes Rose Tyrien Birkin 35 Bag
By Hermès
Located in Athens, GA
Hermes Rose Tyrien Birkin 35 Bag. Hot pink color with palladium hardware. Candy collection. Has rouge red interior leather. Epsom leather. Interior clean. Very good condition. Includ...
When Christian Dior launched his couture house, in 1946, he wanted nothing less than to make “an elegant woman more beautiful and a beautiful woman more elegant.” He succeeded, and in doing so the visionary designer altered the landscape of 20th century fashion. Vintage Dior bags, shoes, evening dresses, shirts and other garments and accessories are known today for their feminine and sophisticated sensibility.
Dior was born in Granville, on the Normandy coast, in 1905. His prosperous haute bourgeois parents wanted him to become a diplomat despite his interest in art and architecture. However, they agreed to bankroll an art gallery, which Dior opened in 1928 in Paris with a friend.
This was the start of Dior’s rise in the city’s creative milieu, where he befriended Pablo Picasso and Jean Cocteau. After seven years as an art dealer, Dior retrained as a fashion illustrator, eventually landing a job as a fashion designer for Robert Piguet, and in 1941, following a year of military service, he joined the house of Lucien Lelong. Just five years later, with the backing of industrialist Marcel Boussac, the ascendant Dior established his own fashion house, at 30 avenue Montaigne in Paris.
Just two years after the end of World War II, the fashion crowd and the moribund haute couture industry were yearning, comme tout Paris, for security and prosperity, desperate to discard the drab, sexless, utilitarian garb imposed by wartime deprivation. They needed to dream anew.
And Dior delivered: He designed a collection for a bright, optimistic future. “It’s quite a revolution, dear Christian!” exclaimed Carmel Snow, the prescient American editor-in-chief of Harper’s Bazaar, famously proclaiming, “Your dresses have such a new look.” The press ran with the description, christening Dior’s debut Spring/Summer haute couture collection the New Look. “God help those who bought before they saw Dior,” said Snow. “This changes everything.”
Dior’s collection definitively declared that opulence, luxury and femininity were in. His skirts could have 40-meter-circumference hems, and outfits could weigh up to 60 pounds. They were cut and shaped like architecture, on strong foundations that molded women and “freed them from nature,” Dior said. Rather than rationing, his ladies wanted reams of fabric and 19-inch waists enforced by wire corsets, and the fashion world concurred. The debut got a standing ovation.
In the subsequent decade, Paris ruled as the undisputed fashion capital of the world, and Christian Dior reigned as its king. With the luxuriously full skirts of his New Look, suits and his drop-dead gorgeous couture dresses and ball gowns worthy of any princess, Dior gave women the gift of glamour they’d lost in the miserable years of war.
On 1stDibs, find an exquisite range of vintage Christian Dior clothing, jewelry, handbags and other items.
From classic medium-sized Louis Vuitton leather tote bags to authentic cube-like Loewe shoulder bags woven in raffia, the large selection of vintage and designer tote bags on 1stDibs offers something for special occasions as well as everyday needs.
Although part of a modern look, tote bags have been roomy and versatile accessories since at least 1944, with the launch of L.L.Bean’s “ice bag.” The Maine retailer, then largely known for rugged field coats and hunting shoes, had introduced a big, durable canvas bag that was initially intended to carry firewood or ice. In those days, to keep produce and other foods cool in refrigerators, consumers had to regularly replace the blocks of ice that were doing all the work in their bulky appliances. There was no better bag to help haul big blocks of ice from the trunk of your car to your front door and, subsequently, to your kitchen.
Years later, during the 1960s, L.L.Bean’s Boat and Tote was introduced as an overhauled structured canvas version of the ice bag. Tested to lug up to 500 pounds, the Boat and Tote became a best seller. Also during the 1960s, American designer Bonnie Cashin created the Cashin Carry for Coach. Cashin was Coach’s first lead designer, and she liked leather, large pockets and earth tones. Her modern interpretation of the tote bag introduced a touch of elegance to this increasingly ubiquitous accessory.
In the subsequent decades, more brands debuted their own iterations of the tote bag, from Tory Burch’s Perry leather tote bag to Goyard’s luxurious Saint Louis.
Pay tribute to this long and interesting history of a well-loved accessory by browsing the vintage and designer tote bags on 1stDibs.